ADQ&A

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When firing linked weapons that are aimed together and are not on automatic. . .
1) Must these weapons all target the same vehicle? 1) Yes.
2) Should I roll-to-hit once for each weapon, or only roll once for all of them? 2) Roll once for each weapon.
3) Would all weapons hit the same damage location? 3) Roll damage and damage determination separately for each weapon.
--Walter Langham, Kilgore, Texas
1) Are weapons swivel-mounted and aimed by rotating them or are they fixed and aimed by steering the car? (i.e., can a disabled car fire in its whole arc or only in a strait line?) 1) Weapons are swivel-mounted and can be aimed at any point in that vehicle's arc of fire for that particular side. This systems is independent of the power plant, so a vehicle with a blown plant can still fire at full efficiency. Exception: A weapon on automatic acts as if it was fixed and fires stair out from whatever side the weapon was mounted on.
2) Can flamethrowers, paint sprays, and oil sprays operate in an overturned vehicle or are they gravity fed? 2) Those weapons may still operate in an overturned car. There are likely to be some penalties, however, We'll work on the problem and publish an answer soon.
Does the "Cry Baby" tear gas impair vision for drivers, gunners, etc.? Does it make a cloud like smoke screens or a transparent vapor? A tear gas cloud acts as a smoke cloud for vision purposes.
1) May a ram plate be installed on a tractor, bus or RV? 1) You bet.
2) What is the effect of flaming oil on mines and spikes? 2) Mines are considered to be set off by pressure; therefore I imagine flaming oil would have no effect. Spikes laugh at flaming oil.
1) Can Cycles have wheelguards? Would it need two for each wheel? 1) Cycles can't use wheelguards at this time, but Uncle Albert is working on it.
2) Can choppers refuel at truck stops? Cost? Time? 2) If the truck stop is at all interested in chopper business, then they'll make it possible. If you can maneuver the chopper to within 2" (30 feet) of the truck stop building, they can unreel a cord to you. A full charge still only takes 10 minutes, but costs $250. Assume a helicopter can travel 200 miles at 1000 mph on a full charge, with the same range penalties for excessive speed as in "Convoy" (ADQ 1).
3) How much back armor does the Lymestwold Grenadier have? 3) Armor is, unfortunately, not the only thing we screwed up on the Lymestwold Grenadier (ADQ 2). For the record: The Grenadier has 20 points back armor, and the driver and two gunners all have hi-res computers. The true cost is $32,2560 and the true weight is 7,195 lbs.
--Scott Stanford, Denver, Colorado
When grenades are fired from a grenade launcher, do they go off in the phase they are fired or at the end of the turn like normal grenades? Can they be set on a five-second delay or not? Grenades of any type fired from a launcher detonate just like regular grenades do - at the end of the turn or any subsequent turn, up to a five-second delay.
--Robert A. Mican
1) What happens to a cycle when it's hit from the side as a result of fragmentation damage? 1) Vehicular components are not affected by blast damage - but tires and unprotected people (i.e., cyclists hit from the side) are.
2) Can a weapon on a cycle and a weapon in a sidecar be linked and aimed together? 2) Yes.
3) If a cycle is involved in a collision, will the driver be thrown off the bike? 3) Cycles of 2033 are a pretty complex breed; it's assumed they have restraint systems similar to a car's seat belts that keep the driver in. However, they are designed for quick release (just like a car's) so that the driver can get off quickly if he has to.
4) Can a cycle's power plant be placed in its sidecar? 4) No.
5) How do power systems for cycles work? Are they chain or shaft drive? Or do they have motors in each wheel? 5) Cycles, like cars, have individual motors in each wheel that all get their power from a central power plant.
--David Saha

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